Sekai Attempts To Rescue Divided Magosi
Innocent Selatlhwa | Monday January 15, 2018 17:00
Sekai promised to bring peace and positive results to the club which has been rocked by internal bickering for sometime now. He revealed that he was billed to meet with the two warring factions of the club in the near future to find a common ground to wake up the sleeping Kgatleng giants.
Sekai’s promise was made following an appeal from the Kgatleng District Council chairperson Mpho Morolong, who, when giving closing remarks at the inaugural Kgotla meeting called by Sekai on Saturday, pleaded with regent to intervene.
He said as Bakgatla they were concerned with the poor performance of the club because of the infightings. It was then that Sekai said he had organised meetings with the factions in an attempt to iron out issues.
The group led by Ramocha Tsieng and Godfrey Lekgabe at one point last year said as far as they are concerned, the two warring factions could not reach common ground because of dishonesty in negotiations, which were conducted in bad faith. “The discussions and negotiations were clouded by dishonesty,” Lekgabe said.
He added that the main contention is that the court order, which was a result of the out-of-court settlement between the two factions, was not implemented in totality.
The court, amongst other things, had ordered that a transitional committee be formed to pave way for an elective general meeting. The transitional committee, which was later formed, included members from both camps.
The order also called for review of the club’s constitution, which was said to have been outdated as well as the audited financial reports.In August, the transitional committee led by Chris Molomo called for an elective meeting where some members including Tsieng, Maswena and Lekgabe boycotted, protesting that the meeting was unconstitutional since all items of the court order were not implemented.
However, the general membership said the meeting should proceed, and a new executive committee led by Ernest Molome was ushered in.
At the meeting, the general membership agreed that the transitional committee be kept intact so that it could deal with the outstanding issue of the court order including the amendment of the constitution and the audited financials.
However, the group led by Tsieng, later said it did not recognise the committee, paving way for another showdown and stalemate between the two parties.
Chiefs has since lost many valuable players and can hardly pay the remaining players. They are locked in a dispute with their former coach Charles Mafu who is demanding his dues from the club.
The former league champions are currently on the bottom half of the BTC premiership table and are at the risk of losing more players.